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Ukraine`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko during the Third Committee of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly submitted to the delegates the draft resolution ”Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol,” according to the UN News Center. ”I have the honor to submit the...

Britain has supported the draft resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on human rights situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol (Ukraine). British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson wrote on Twitter he had discussed the UK support for the resolution with Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. Head of the British...

Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump to concede defeat in the presidential election, a Trump aide confirmed early Wednesday morning, according to Fortune. Shortly before, Hillary Clinton`s campaign chairman John Podesta signaled she would not directly address supporters, Fortune reported. As UNIAN reported earlier, Donal Trump had won the U.S....

A Russian warfare group consisting of Russia`s “Admiral Kuznetsov” aircraft carrier, “Pyotr Veliky” nuclear power guided missile cruiser and two destroyers are getting ready to launch a strike on areas near the Syrian city of Aleppo within the next 24 hours, according to Russian media. The attack, which will likely engage...

Canada has positively assessed the quality of Ukrainian organic products, showing interest in imports of such foods, according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry`s press service, which referred to Clinton Martin, the Commercial Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine. ”Clint Martin has assured that Canadian businesses are...

European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday new targeted sanctions against Crimean officials, adding to restrictive measures adopted after Russia`s annexation of Crimea in 2014, according to Reuters. ”The Council adopted new listings under the restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining Ukraine`s territorial integrity,”...

If a Joint-Stock Company Ukrzaliznytsia [Ukrainian Railways] continues to be inactive on the issue of renovation of obsolete rolling stock, railway transport in Ukraine may go under the control of the Russian Federation, ex-director on technical policy at Ukrzaliznytsia, former head of the Research Center of Railway Transport Rostyslav Diomin...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine believes that the main goal of repression in occupied Crimea is the destruction of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Mariana Betsa wrote on Twitter. ”The repressive machine in occupied Crimea is gaining momentum. The destruction of indigenous people of...

Belgium is ready to support a positive decision on Ukraine in the issue of visa-free regime with the European Union, said Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders, according to the press service of Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze. ”Reynders confirmed that Ukraine...

Inflation in October 2016 accelerated from 7.9% recorded the previous month to 12.4% y-o-y, surpassing the target of the National Bank of Ukraine of 12% set for year-end, according to the official website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Inflation (growth of consumer prices) in Ukraine in October 2016 compared to September accelerated...